Bib apron



Feb. 12, 1935. MEDALlE 1,991,025

BIB APRON Filed May 8, 1935 MalIhew A. Medal i'e Wow 21 34 simulating inappearance @apersonsncoat.- 1 it A feature of the invention residesin-:provid- Patented Feb. 12, 1935 atthew A. Medalie, A -AP 1i@ti i M y8,1933, swarm 3 3 '1 (llaimwiCl.

My. invention relates ito-ybib. aprons and;has foritsobj'ect to providea bib-apron which will.

be extremely dressy: andattractive in appearance. 9 I" An. object of theinvention resides in' providingfla bib. apronhaving lapels and a neck(band ing the bib of. the apron with'a longitudinal slit. and in foldingback the'material adjoining;

said slit to 1 form a v shaped opening in the bib and lapels adjacentthe same. 1

"An object of the-inventionresides in.providingwa neck bandi attached tothelapels and.

in: constructing the lapels 'so that the-endsiof. the same .fall shortof the endsof theshoulder portions *of .1 the .bib 1 and. in arrangingthe ends of'thel neck: band. to overlie the parts of the.

shoulder portions above the lapels.

An object of. the. invention {resides in con- 1 so asto for'm' structingthe lapels and neck band notches: between the same. l

. -Other-objects of the. invention reside in the novel combinationandarrangement of partsand trated and/or (described. 1.

I'In the drawing:.

in .thewdetails of. [construction hereinafter illus- 'Jportionof thebib' apron showninjigi l-removed fromthe wearer i i l i Fig. "3 is afragmentary elevationafview of" a portion of the bib-{of the apronshowing. the

methodof attaching the neck band thereto. ff Fig; 4 is a developedviewof a porltionlofrthe sheetof materialflfrom whichthe bib the apronis constructed.

.Fig. 5]is a Qdevelop fd material fromwhich the neck tans is con-"structed. i A y l I Inthe "constructionof bib aprons suchas used bybutchers, grocers, bar tenders and others, the usual practice has beento construct the apron solelyfor the purpose of protecting the clothingof the wearer. The present invention not only provides an apronfully'capa'ble of protectingthe clothing ofthe wearer, but also providesan apron which is highly attractive in appearance and which serves todress the wearer,

Fig.1 is a .perspectivemview of a p'erson wear-' ing the. apronembodying one form. of-my in-' i y g i 1 bib;proper is formed from thesame sheet: ofn

material as the body 11 andwis integral there-. with and is constructed.by cutting the sheet '21 from which the apron is formed withwtwo arcu-:ate cuts lfi and 1'1 extending froinqthe edges 18-and--:19 of c thesheet .at: the :loca1ity.'of..at-.

View tit e sheet; "of

wearer when the apron is in use.

giving the wearer the appearance of 'wearinga coat or similar articleofiwearing appareln K i Myinvention proper. comprises an apronwhich 1 isindicatediniiitsentiretyat 10 and which consists ofwa body 11 :providedatithe upper" end thereof with a.bib:12; A neck band15 isattachedto thebib 121vand adapted to encircle the neck of the wearer anduto assist in"supporting .the apron inwpla'ce upon the body.

ofcthe wearer. ThesegpartsswillUnow be described in;detail.\;;

Inasmuchasthe body. 11 betconstructed inanyp, desiredumannenithe;.same;has not been about the personofthe wearer it covers as much v oftheclothing ofr thewweare'r as desired! iTh'e 1 '20 numerals 18;andu119.and.inthey:form ofirthe invention shown are disposed in back of.the.

wearer.- For the; purposeof securing the body. 11 about ,the, person: oftheswearer, two strings 13 and 14 {are employedqwhich are attachedlateral edges, of. sheets; 21 are (indicated by: the

to thebodynear theuppers end thereof and at The method. of co structingthe bib "12 can best becomprehended fromFigsxZ and 4.. The

the lateral .edges 18,:and19j and-which may be V tied to geth r' at the.rear, of the --garment when i thesame is applied to the person ofa:wearer tof'l t hold the apron-in-place.-=jri; 30 J as shown in Fig; 4.,;The :partof'. the material. from which the bib l2 is-formedxis furtherslit. 1 along a medial line. 22; which extends from the .edge anddownwardly. along gtheijcenter 10f portions 23 ar d- 24. thej-iupper.ends L of which form shoulder portions 25 and 26 adapted to be disposedin proximity to the shoulders of the The marginal portions 27 and 28 ofbib 12 adjacent the slit 22 are folded back along diverging lines 29 and30 to form lapels 31 and 32 best shown in Fig. 2. Theedges of theselapels are tuckedunder and sewed to the bib proper along lines 33 tohold the same properly attached

